Anticipate your department's needs.

“Being a reliable source for your department leader and seeing opportunities for your department to improve are great ways to be better at your job,” says Shawnice Meador, director of career management at MBA@UNC. “Take on tasks that your department leader may not need to oversee directly and present a finished product to him or her.” Seeing this initiative from you often helps them understand that you can handle tasks proactively and things will not be falling solely on their shoulders.